Target.



PATENTED MAR. `10. 1903.

o. L. PINNEY.

TARGET.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY zo, 1902.

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CHARLES L. FINNEY, OF WYALUSING, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO L. R. LANTZ, OF W'YALUSING, PENNSYLVANIA.

TARGET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,220, dated March 10, 1903.

Application tiled May Z0, 1902. Serial No. 108,291. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern: I Like characters of reference indicate corre- Be it known that l, CHARLES L. FINNEY, a spending parts throughout the several views. citizen of the United States,residingat Wyalu- In carrying out my invention I provide a sing, in the county of Bradford and State of telescoping standard A, composed of a tubu- 55 Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand lar base 1, provided with transverse interuseful Improvements in Targets, of which the secting recesses 2 at its bottom, in which are following is a specification. fitted removable feet 3, crossing each other My invention relates to targets adapted for at the center of the base and extending diause in saber practice at cavalry drills; and metrically from each side thereof. The lower 6o xo its object is to provide an improved target of foot 4 has a pair of brackets 5 on its upper this class in which the target proper is held side, spaced apart a sufficient distance to securely in place on its support and autopermit the lower end ofthe base to be insertmatically returnedto its normal position after ved therebetween, and to each cleat is secured being struck with the saber by the cavalrya hook 6 or other fastening device to engage 65 man. an eye 7 on opposite sides of the base. The

Heretofore it has been necessary to have a upper movable foot 8 is confined in its renumber oi men stationed at different points cesses 2 by the lower foot 4 and has a recess in the drill-hall, one behind each target to re- 9 on its under side, intermediate its ends, to place the same on its support when dislodged providethickened end portions 10, which rest 7o 2o by a blow, and as the target was often rolled on the ground. This foot Sis adapted to slide some distance from its support it could not longitudinally, so that the end may be forced be replaced in time for the next approaching inwardly out of the path of the horses feet, cavalryman. The present invention is dewhile the other end is projected on the opposigned to obviate suchinconvenience by prosite side to insure against accidental over- 75 viding means to automatically return the tarturning of the base, and the shoulders formed get to its normal position and at the same by the thickened ends serve as stops. Setime render it so sensitive to the blow as to cured to opposite sides of the base above the yield sufficiently to reduce the injury resultrecesses are a pair of brackets 1l, which preing therefrom to a minimum, and thus prosent an extended bearing-surface for the slid- 8o o long the life of the target. ing foot.

A further object is to provide a vertically- In the tubular base 1 is a telescoping tubuadjustable pedestal or support to adapt it lar upright l2, having a head 13, provided for use at different elevations to represent a with a central aperture 141, through which a man in a reclining, kneeling, or standing porope or other {iexible connection 15 passes. 85

sition. This rope carries a weight 16, which depends Other objects will appear as the nature of within the tubular upright 12, and its other the invention is better understood, and the end is secured to the lower end of the target. fundamental features involved in the con- This head 13 consists of a disk having a distinction, combination, and arrangement of ameter greater than the width of the upright 9o 4o parts are necessarily susceptible to a wide 12, so that when the target is knocked to one range of modification without departing from side, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, its the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any spherical base 17 will roll thereon and be preof the advantages thereof. vented from dropping down beside the up- In the accompanying drawings, 'forming right, and thus the target is always in a posi- 95 part "of this specification, Figure 1 is a pe"- tion to be operated upon by the weight.

spective view of the device as it appears ready The target preferably consists of two for use and showing in dotted lines the posispheres 17 and 18, connected by a stem 19. tion of the target after being struck. Fig. 2 The upper sphere or head 1S is composed of is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. some pliable material covered with leather loo 5o Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective of the feet deand is designed to represent a mans head, tached. while the lower sphere or base 17 is made of wood or other hard substance. The bottom of this sphere 17 is attened to provide a dat substantial bearing 2O for the target, and to this fiattened portion is secured the end of the rope. When the head 18 is struck, the target will fall to one side, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1; but the weight through its flexible connection 15 will cause the target to immediately right itself to a perpendicular position. As the target will rock from side to side until it comes to a standstill, it will be evident to the judges and spectators that it was struck; but this rocking motion may be regulated by iiattening the base of the sphere 17 to a greater or less degree without destroying its yielding action. By this construction it will be seen that the target is held against dislodgment and automatically returned to its normal position when stabbed or hit with a saber.

As it is customary to have the targets at different elevations to represent a man in a reclining, kneeling, or standing position, I provide a vertically-adjustable standard with means to hold it in its adjusted position. This means consists of a rack 2l, secured to one side of the telescoping upright l2 and adapted to be engaged by a pawl 22, playing through an opening 23 in the base l and secured to the said base by a spring 24:.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the class described, a telescopin g hollow standard, a movable target detachably seated thereon, and means depending in the standard for holding the target seated and for automatically returning the same to its seat after being dislodged therefrom.

2. In a device of the class described, a telescoping hollow standard, a movable target supported thereon, a weight suspended in the standard, and a lexible connection between the weight and the target, whereby the target is firmly supported and automatically returned to its normal position.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a vertically-adj ustable standard having a head provided with an aperture, a movable target supported on said head and composed of two spheres connected by a rod, and a resetting device connected to the lower sphere and extending through said aperture to automatically return the target to an upright position.

4. A target for cavalry practice composed of a base, a vertically adjustable, tubular upright mounted in said base, an oscillating target composed of two spheres, the lower one of which is yieldingly supported on the upright, and means in the upright to reset the target.

5. In a device of the class described, a base having feet detachably secured thereto, one of which is slidable thereon to adapt it to be projected on either side thereof.

6. In a device of the class described, a'base having transverse intersecting recesses, a sliding foot mounted in one of said recesses and an intersecting foot detachably mounted in the other recess to hold the sliding foot in position.

7. In a device of the class described, a base having transverse intersecting recesses, an upper sliding foot in one of said recesses, a lower detachable foot mounted in the other recess and provided with means to secure it to the base, said lower foot serving to hold the upper foot in its recess.

S. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a standard composed of a tubular upright vertically adjustable in the base and provided with a head, a target posited on said head and a resetting device extending through the head into the upright.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination of a standard composed of a tubular base andatubular upright verticallyadjustable in said base and provided with a head, a target having a spherical base provided with a fiattened bearing-surface and a resetting device extending through the head into the upright.

10. In a device of the class described, a telescoping hollow standard having a flat head, a target having a spherical base seated on said head and adapted to roll thereon when dislodged from its seat, and means dependingin the standard to automatically reset the target. 11. In a device of the class described, a standard composed of a tubular base and a tubular upright vertically adjustable in said base, a rack on the upright, a spring on the base, a pawl on the spring to engage the rack, a target detachably posited onv the upright and means in the upright to reset the target.

l2. The combination with a tubular standard, of a target yieldingly supported thereon and composed of an upper sphere adapted to receive the blow, a lower sphere seated on the standard and a stem connecting the spheres, and means in the standard for holding the target in an upright position and for automatically returning it to such position after being dislodged by the blow.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. FINNEY. Witnesses:

ALLEN GROW, NEWTON FINNEY.

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